Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (174 page)

The late Iron Age tribe living in between the rivers Trent and Nene in central England at the time of the Roman conquest in ad 43. Once known in the archaeological literature as the Coritani, their name has been corrected in the light of new epigraphic evidence. The tribe issued coinage from about 70 bc with the first name of a king, Vep, appearing about 10 bc. Some connection with the Roman empire prior to the conquest is represented by imported materials at major sites such as Old Sleaford and Dragonby, Lincolnshire.

 
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Greek architectural style characterized by columns with a diameter-to-height ratio of 1:10, and an enlarged capital (uppermost part) decorated with sculptured foliage, often acanthus leaves. This style was extensively used by the Romans. The Corinthian Order capital differed from the Ionic in being elaborately decorated with two or three tiers of carved acanthus leaves below small volutes. The considerable advantage over the Ionic lies in the four concave sides of the abacus, which give it, in plan, a cushion shape. Supported at the sharply pointed four corners by pairs of small volutes, this abacus solves the problem involved in the form of the Ionic capital, where the front and side views are different.

 
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See
CORIELTAUVI
.

 
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A common form of structure found on Romano-British sites comprising a T- or Y-shaped channel with signs of burning and a hearth area at one end. The channels are often lined with stone or chalk and are clearly flues along which warm air passed before being dispersed beyond the junction of the channel. Careful examination of the areas round about suggest that these features are the subsurface elements of an above-ground timber structure, and because cereal grain has been found in the flues they are often reported as corn-driers. Recent experimental work by Peter Reynolds and others has suggested, however, that they were in fact
MALTING FLOORS
.

 
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The uppermost projecting element of a classical building, immediately below the roof line.

 
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On rough-cast and other beakers, a projecting rim, decoratively moulded, as in an architectural cornice.

 
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